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GAMBIA UNDER YET-TO-ARRIVE NEW LEADER FREES POLITICAL PRISONERS ROUNDED UP TORTURED BY PREDECESSOR
On Saturday, as Jammeh departed and a new democratic era began in this tiny West African country, Tijan and a number of others were released... READ MORE›
A PLANE OF RICHES TRAILS GAMBIAS DEPARTING LEADER
DAKAR, Senegal -- On his last night in the country, Yahya Jammeh, Gambia's former president, rolled toward his flight into exile in his trademark Rolls-Royce... READ MORE›
GAMBIA'S ADAMA BARROW NAMES FATOUMATA TAMBAJANG AS VP
New deputy leader had previously vowed to prosecute ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh for alleged crimes committed by his regime... READ MORE›
EXILED FORMER PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH 'STOLE $11.4M' FROM THE GAMBIA
The news out of Gambia is a boost for African democracy... READ MORE›
THE GAMBIA: EX-RULER YAHYA JAMMEH 'PLUNDERED COFFERS'
Jammeh, who ruled the small West African country for 22 years, flew into exile late on Saturday to Equatorial Guinea... READ MORE›
'THE COFFERS ARE VIRTUALLY EMPTY': GAMBIA'S DEFEATED LEADER FLEES COUNTRY WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS
Although the declaration was written to provide Jammeh with maximum protection, it doesn't give him amnesty, according to international human rights lawyer Reed Brody... READ MORE›
GAMBIA'S NEW LEADER YET TO SHOW, SNUBS AMNESTY DEAL ALLOWING OUSTED EXILED PREDECESSOR RIGHT TO RETURN
A regional military force that had been poised to oust Jammeh entered the capital, Banjul, on Sunday to secure it for Barrow's arrival... READ MORE›
THE GAMBIA 'MISSING MILLIONS' AFTER JAMMEH FLIES INTO EXILE
However, West African troops have entered the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Sunday to prepare for his arrival... READ MORE›
AFRICAN TROOPS PREPARE FOR GAMBIAN PRESIDENT'S RETURN
With Jammeh gone, all eyes will be on the Barrow administration as they make their first steps as a government of reform and development... READ MORE›
AFRICAN TROOPS ENTER GAMBIA TO SECURE BARROW'S RETURN AFTER JAMMEH STANDS DOWN AS PRESIDENT
As as controversy erupted over the assurances offered to Yahya Jammeh to guarantee his exit, West African troops entered Gambia on Sunday to secure Preside... READ MORE›
GAMBIA AWAITS NEW LEADER WHILE EXILING JAMMEH GETS RIGHT TO RETURN
With Jammeh gone, a country that had waited in silence during the standoff sprang back to life... READ MORE›
GAMBIA'S DEFEATED PRESIDENT FINALLY CEDES POWER, TO ENTER EXILE WEEKS AFTER ELECTION LOSS
Gambia's defeated former leader Yahya Jammeh waves to supporters as he departs from the Banjul airport on Saturday... READ MORE›
ADAMA BARROW PLEDGES TRUTH COMMISSION OVER YAHYA JAMMEH
Writing on Twitter on Saturday from Senegal, Barrow said As Yahya Jammeh officially stepped down from office... READ MORE›
GAMBIAA??S NEW LEADER: JAMMEH LEAVING FOR GUINEA WITHIN HOURS
Jammeh's announcement to relinquish power is a good first step, said Jeffrey Smith, executive director of Vanguard Africa... READ MORE›
REX TILLERSON'S OILY DESPOTS: DAVID ANDELMAN
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of State has one fatal flaw -- he sees the world through a prism of oil... READ MORE›
UNDER REX TILLERSON EXXON MOBIL FORGED ITS OWN PATH ABROAD
Mr. Tillerson's first big overseas test came soon after he became Exxon Mobil's chief executive in 2006, when he confronted the government of Venezuela head-on... READ MORE›
GLENCORE DEALMAKING KING RETURNS WITH WAGER ON OIL AND PUTIN
As well as shifting Glencore toward oil, the deal is also a huge bet on Russia and its leader... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS FINALLY FOUND ZENKERELLA, THE WORLD'S MOST MYSTERIOUS MAMMAL
Fernandez had worked on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea for 14 years, but he'd never seen one of these animals in its entirety before... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Bioko Island
CINCINNATI ZOO KILLS GORILLA TO SAVE CHILD
In the wild, they can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea... READ MORE›
FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF
More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›
MALI'S DESERT ELEPHANTS FACE EXTINCTION WITHIN THREE YEARS
Conservationists urge government to tackle ivory trafficking as 16 elephants killed in this year, with over 80 killed in 2015... READ MORE›
ANGOLAN PRESIDENT IN POWER NEARLY FOUR DECADES SAYS HELL STEP DOWN
The parliamentary leader elected in that vote would assume the president's role should Mr. dos Santos indeed step down... READ MORE›
US WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES PLANE IMPOUNDED IN ZIMBABWE AFTER BODY, CASH FOUND
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe general manager David Chawota confirmed a plane registered with Western Global Airlines was impounded at Harare International Airport on Sunday... READ MORE›
THE STOLEN MILLIONS OF DESPOTS AND CROOKED ELITES
The Justice Department heralded the Equatorial Guinea case as a rare victory, and even that was a partial win... READ MORE›
EQUATORIAL GUINEA ELECTION EXPECTED TO EXTEND PRESIDENT'S 37-YEAR RULE
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang says will give receive more than 90 per cent of Sunday's vote... READ MORE›
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CHINAA??S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS FOR WESTERN PACIFIC
BEIJING -- China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said... READ MORE›
BEIJING SAYS DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS ARE ARMED
The United States has said it will defend freedom of navigation in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
BEIJING REPORTEDLY ADDS ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS
They also mark China's claim to ownership of practically the entire South China Sea... READ MORE›
CHINA PUT WEAPONS ON DISPUTED ISLANDS
They "show that Beijing is serious about defense of its artificial islands in case of an armed contingency in the South China Sea," the CSIS experts wrote in the report... READ MORE›
FROM FOES TO PARTNERSHIP, VIETNAM SEEKS CONTINUED U.S. ROLE IN ASIA
Vietnam, which battled China in 1974 over the Paracel Islands, still disputes Chinese claims to certain territories in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
ABE COULD PLAY PEACEMAKER ROLE AFTER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT STIRS ANGER VOICES REGRET FOR OBAMA INSULT
Heydarian noted that Japan has close ties with the Philippines, which have only grown amid China's bellicose moves in the South China and East China seas... READ MORE›
DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA 'SON OF A WHORE' REMARK WASN'T PERSONAL
Duterte made his initial remarks following weeks of criticism from the US against extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' bloody drug war... READ MORE›
OBAMA CALLS OFF MEETING WITH PHILIPPINE LEADER AFTER 'WHORE' JIBE
Mr Duterte was responding to the US president's promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting... READ MORE›
NEW CHINESE VESSELS SEEN NEAR DISPUTED REEF IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
In a sweeping ruling against China on the South China Sea in July, an international tribunal in The Hague focused on Scarborough Shoal... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES TELLS CHINA TO UNCOMPROMISINGLY RESPECT RULE OF LAW
Japan has no claim in the South China Sea but it is in dispute with China over small islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
DON'T TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
For Beijing's leaders, control of the South China Sea is a critical show of resolve... READ MORE›
SOVEREIGNTY OF CHINA IS 'BOTTOM LINE'
Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou said on Monday that the ASEM summit was not an appropriate venue to discuss the South China Sea... READ MORE›